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FKA twigsCalvin Klein ad with singer FKA twigs banned for making her ‘stereotypical sexual object’UK Advertising Standards Authority rules ad featuring partial nudity must not appear again A Calvin Klein advertisement featuring the British singer FKA twigs has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, on the grounds that it presented her as “a stereotypical sexual object”. The poster featured the singer with a shirt draped across her body, revealing part of one breast and the side of her buttocks, along with the caption “Calvins or nothing”.

‘I am still ambushed by what-ifs and should-haves.’ Photograph: Courtesy Paul Laity and Merope Mills‘I am still ambushed by what-ifs and should-haves.’ Photograph: Courtesy Paul Laity and Merope MillsThe ObserverDeath and dyingTwo years after his 13-year-old child died needlessly in hospital, a father reflects on life without her It’s been two years since my daughter, Martha, died in hospital, just before her 14th birthday. I divide my life into before her death, and after: nothing is the same and the change is permanent.

Germany This article is more than 11 years oldGerman celebrity bunny crushed to death by cameramanThis article is more than 11 years oldRabbit born without ears killed by TV crew member just as Saxony zoo prepared it for global fameAn earless baby rabbit that became a rising star on Germany's celebrity animal scene had its 15 minutes of fame brought to an abrupt end when it was accidentally stepped on and killed by a television cameraman.

Venezuela This article is more than 12 years oldIsmael and the Holy Thugs answer prayers of Venezuela's poorThis article is more than 12 years oldGun-toting 'saint' of María Lionza cult finds devotees on both sides of the law in Caracas's murderous streetsIn a country that wakes up every Monday morning to a dismal tally of weekend murders, it is no surprise that people have turned to the saints for help.

KissReviewO2 Arena, London After Gene Simmons waggles his tongue for the 100th time, it feels as if you are humouring a beloved grandad’s party trick – then paying them Pretty much any band who plod on well into their fifth decade will have long ago passed the point of self-parody. This rule of thumb does not apply to Kiss, who splendidly sidestepped the problem by being a masterclass in self-parody from day one.

The seven best shows to stream this weekTelevision & radioThe inspired comedy returns for its final season, while Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman are back in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia. Plus: the return of Slow Horses! Pick of the weekReservation DogsAs we left the Rez Dogs, they’d made it to California and were metaphorically laying Daniel to rest on a beach. The final season of Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi’s inspired comedy sees the Dogs now looking for sustainable futures.

The Whale and the fail … Brendan Fraser in a fat suit is ‘not funny or sweet or deep or illuminating’ Photograph: Courtesy of A24The Whale and the fail … Brendan Fraser in a fat suit is ‘not funny or sweet or deep or illuminating’ Photograph: Courtesy of A24Film criticismThe Oscar nomination for The Whale must mean it’s great, right? Wrong! It is a shallow and stigmatising reflection of thin people’s assumptions about fat bodies

Australian theatreReviewThe staging is a hit and the songs are great fun – but with some uncomfortable truths omitted, this biographical musical aims high but misses the mark Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email There’s a pink Cadillac parked outside the theatre and next to it, a man with slicked-back hair stands still as a statue. Streaming in behind him are dozens in kind, many of them small children, all the same: hair slicked back, tight white bejewelled outfits.

Immigration and asylumFamily of man found dead on Bibby Stockholm turn to crowdfunding to repatriate his bodyLeonard Farruku’s family ‘facing a double tragedy with not being able to have his body back home’ in Albania The family of a man believed to have killed himself on the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, say they have had to turn to crowdfunding to bring him back to Albania for burial.